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COVID-19 in the Global South: Impacts and policy responses
by Andrea Ordóñez, Debapriya Bhattacharya, Tausi Kida - Southern Voice - February 23, 2021
How can the development cooperation system support a sustainable recovery from the pandemic in the Global South?
Decentralization in Times of Pandemic
- in Spanish - June 16, 2020by María Isabel Remy - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
The emergency caused by COVID-19 unveils the reality of a badly made decentralized state.
Social protection and COVID-19: the State's response Salvadoran to the emergency
- in Spanish - June 11, 2020by Helga Cuéllar-Marchelli, Alejandro Flores, Gabriela Góchez, Ana Marcela López - FUSADES (El Salvador)
The government’s response to the crisis has presented some difficulties that show opportunities for improvement.
El Salvador: Legal regulations for the prevention and containment of COVID-19
- in Spanish - June 4, 2020FUNDAUNGO (El Salvador)
A breakdown of different decrees approved by the government to tackle the challenges of COVID-19 in the country.
Second virtual conference of SV Latin American think tanks on COVID-19
- in Spanish - June 3, 2020by Beatriz Muriel, Pablo Hurtado, Luis Mauricio Torres, Ana Patricia Muñoz, Oswaldo Molina, Manuel Cotado, Natalia Aquilino, Dolores Martínez, Daniela Vilar, Carolina Tchintian, Ricardo Fort, Paloma Acevedo, Manuel Dammert-Guardia, Norma Correa - Southern Voice
In a joint initiative with On Think Tanks, Southern Voice organized its second virtual conference on COVID-19 in Latin America.
The accounts of the Argentine National Public Administration at the time of Covid-19
- in Spanish - June 1, 2020by José Gasparin - CIPPEC (Argentina)
Argentina's fiscal problems are not new, but in the current crisis they have accentuated and become more visible.
How the USD 491.5 Million IMF Loan to Uganda will be Utilized
- June 1, 2020by Clara Mira - ACODE (Uganda)
The loan is expected to contribute to maintaining macroeconomic stability which is essential to protect the poor.
Analysis: Whither, Local Governments, in the Pandemic?
- May 29, 2020by T.R. Raghunandan - CPR (India)
Actions such as contact tracing and quarantining could not have been achieved without the active participation and initiative of the local governments.
An Effective and Socially Inclusive Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Honduras
- in Spanish - May 28, 2020by Joel Aleman - FOSDEH (Honduras)
Socio-economic life will have to abandon the belief in "automatic balances" provided by the market economy.
Two COVID19 Lessons that were long Overdue to Kenya’s Justice Sector
- May 28, 2020by Jackline Kagume, Leo Kipkogei Kemboi - IEA (Kenya)
Decisions made since the emergence of COVID-19 are to release prisoners and use technology to undertake court proceedings.
'COVID-19 bailouts’: The great corporate rescue at any price?
- May 25, 2020by Neeti Biyani - CBGA (India)
People are turning to their governments for intervention, but will these resources be adequately directed to those who need it the most?
Optimising use of grassroots public service to manage COVID-19
- May 24, 2020by Wijaya Jayatilaka - CEPA (Sri Lanka)
The control and management of COVID-19 must have an inclusive, humane programme based on trust.
Recover & Shield: An Indian Roadmap for Managing the Coronavirus Pandemic?
- May 23, 2020by Shekhar Shah, Peter Robertson, Mushfiq Mobarak, Neelkanth Mishra - NCAER (India)
India needs a distinct, data-driven, roadmap for recovery built on its social realities and on what they’re learning about the virus.
Banks will open accounts to deliver government bonds: the first step towards financial inclusion?
- in Spanish - May 22, 2020by Carolina Trivelli - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
What is the standard that allows companies in the financial system to open accounts for the beneficiaries of funds from the crisis?
Between the Exceptionality and the Adaptation of Congresses in Latin America
- in Spanish - May 20, 2020by Carolina Tchintian, María Belén Abdala - CIPPEC (Argentina)
How have legislative branches tried to adapt under COVID-19? The greatest change is the incorporation of technology.
Dealing with Covid-19 requires more democracy, less bureaucracy
- May 20, 2020by Shamindra Nath Roy, Bhanu Joshi - CPR (India)
Democracy is the only way to answer demands that this transition will put on the state and society. Urban India needs more of it.